Glentworth

Description and Travel

Glentworth is both a parish and a village about nine miles east of Gainsborough, eleven miles north of the city of Lincoln and just over 150 miles north of London. The parish itself is bordered on the north by Harpswell parish, on the east by the old Roman Road "Ermine Street", and to the south by Fillingham parish. The parish covers about 3,100 acres.

Glentworth village is in a small valley or dale. If you are planning a visit:

• Take the A631 trunk road east out of Gainsborough and turn south at the B1398 intersection. The village will be about a mile south.
  
  
• Visit our touring page for more sources.
  
  

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Census

• The parish was in the Willingham sub-district of the Gainsborough Registration District.
  
  
• In an 1890 redistricting, the parish was allocated to the Marton subdistrict of the Gainsborough Registration District.
  
  
• The North Lincolnshire Library holds a copy of the parish census returns for 1841 through 1901.
  
  
• Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
  
  
• Below are the census Piece Numbers, where known:
  
  

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Church History

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Michael and dates from Norman times.
  
  
• The church seats about 150.
  
  
• There is a photograph of the church on the Wendy Parkinson web site.
  
  
• Here is a photo of St. Michael's Church, taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
  
  

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Church Records

• Parish registers exist from 1586, but the Bishop's transcripts only go back to 1599.
  
  
• Parish account records exist from 1742.
  
  
• The North Lincolnshire Library holds a copy of the parish register entries for baptisms 1586-1917, burials 1586-1812 and marriages 1586-1947.
  
  
• Information on present church services and contact information can be found on the Glentworth Parishes Group web site.
  
  
• The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage and burial indexes for the Corringham Deanery to make your search easier.
  
  
• The Free Methodists (later the United Methodists) built a chapel here between 1872 and 1900. For more on these chapels and their records, check our Non-Conformist Church Records page for additional resources.
  
  
• Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
  
  

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Civil Registration

• The parish was in the Willingham sub-district of the Gainsborough Registration District.
  
  
• In an 1891 redistricting, the parish was put in the Marton sub-district of the Gainsborough Registration District.
  
  
• Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
  
  

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Land and Property

• In post-Conquest times, the parish belonged to the WRAY family who had a large mansion here. They later moved to Fillingham.
  
  
• In 1842 and 1872, the Earl of Scarborough was the sole landowner.
  
  
• In 1900 and 1913, the Earl of Scarborough was still the sole landowner.
  
  

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Manors

• Glentworth House, part of which was still standing in the early 1900's, was occupied by a farmer at the time.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is SK 9488.
  
  
• You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer 271 map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
  
  
• See our Maps page for additional resources.
  
  

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Names, Geographical

• The name Glentworth comes from the Old English glente+worth or heopa+hamm for "enclosure frequented by birds of prey". The name appears in the 1086 Domesday Book as Glentewrde.
  A. D. Mills, "A Dictionary of English Place-Names," Oxford University Press, 1991.
  
  

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Names, Personal

• White's 1842 Directory lists the following surnames in the parish: BARKER, BASSETT, BROWN, BURLEY, CLARK, CROSS, DAWBER, FATCHETT, FLOWER, GREASBY, HOLMES, KEY, MOTLEY, SIMMS, SMITH, TOMLINSON and WALKER.
  
  
• White's 1872 Directory lists the following surnames in the parish: BARTON, BROWN, CHARTERS, CROSS, DAWBER, DAWSON, FEATHERSTONE, FLINT, KEY, LAKE, SIMMS, SPENCER and WAUGH.
  
  
• Kelly's 1900 Directory lists the following surnames in the parish: BETTISON, BROWN, DAUBNEY, DENT, HUTCHINSON, KEY, NAEVE, POTTERTON, SIMMS, SIMPSON, SPENCER and WAUGH.
  
  
• Kelly's 1913 Directory lists the following surnames in the parish: CROSS, FOSTER, HILL, KEY, NAEVE, RABY, REEVE, SIMMS, STRAWSON, WAITE and WATMOUGH.
  
  

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Politics and Governance

• The parish was in the ancient Aslacoe Wapentake in the West Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
  
  
• The parish was also within the Soke of Kirton.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• In the early 1800's, the Earl of Scarborough paid £4 to each of three poor people in the parish Almshouse in the churchyard. He also gave them nine bushels of coal yearly and nine yards of blue cloth every third or fourth year.
  
  
• At the same time, another Almshouse held a poor man and two poor women, each of whom received 13 Shillings per quarter and the same alotment of coal and cloth.
  
  
• Please see our Gainsborough Union Workhouse page for more information.
  
  

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Population

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Schools

• The Earl of Scarborough erected a school here in 1840. That building was replaced in 1876 with a building designed to hold 68 children.
  
  
• For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
  
  

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